Literature and Life, 4. raamatScott, Foresman and Company, 1924 |
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... lived at the time of the revival of learning . We have our own great tradition ; we are not limited to the tradition of Greece and Rome . Literature , therefore , is not an aesthetic and pleasure - giving subject alone , any more than ...
... lived at the time of the revival of learning . We have our own great tradition ; we are not limited to the tradition of Greece and Rome . Literature , therefore , is not an aesthetic and pleasure - giving subject alone , any more than ...
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... lived in England in the seventeenth century , was a poor man whose life outwardly was not very suc- cessful . He spent twelve years in Bedford jail because of religious persecution , and while he was in jail he read a few books ...
... lived in England in the seventeenth century , was a poor man whose life outwardly was not very suc- cessful . He spent twelve years in Bedford jail because of religious persecution , and while he was in jail he read a few books ...
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... lived and what they wrote . This is an interesting method of increasing one's acquaintance with literature , and it is one that you should never give up . If you happen to be interested in a long narrative poem by Tennyson , that ...
... lived and what they wrote . This is an interesting method of increasing one's acquaintance with literature , and it is one that you should never give up . If you happen to be interested in a long narrative poem by Tennyson , that ...
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... lived , but in France . The oldest Norse and German heroic literature tells the exploits of racial , not national , heroes . We hear much of kings and their realms , but loyalties are to individuals , not to nations , and adventurous ...
... lived , but in France . The oldest Norse and German heroic literature tells the exploits of racial , not national , heroes . We hear much of kings and their realms , but loyalties are to individuals , not to nations , and adventurous ...
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... lived none Of the sons of men , to search those depths ! Nay , though the heath - rover , harried by dogs , The horn - proud hart , this holt should seek , Long distance driven , his dear life first On the brink he yields ere he brave ...
... lived none Of the sons of men , to search those depths ! Nay , though the heath - rover , harried by dogs , The horn - proud hart , this holt should seek , Long distance driven , his dear life first On the brink he yields ere he brave ...
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Literature and Life, 4. raamat Edwin Greenlaw,William Harris Elson,Christine M. Keck Snippet view - 1929 |
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